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 Monday, 8. March 2010

Need for Speed World Showroom
by Bojan at 20:17 • Comments (5) • Link to news article

With the first western Need for Speed World beta running last weekend there were plenty of people with a chance to try the game out. Of course since car customization is a big part of NFS World, our Showroom now has a Need for Speed World section where you can upload all the cars you, the lucky beta testers, managed to create. For the rest of us, there should be another beta in a few weeks with even more players.

 Friday, 5. February 2010

World Online Beta Signup and more Developer Blogs
by Bojan at 18:13 • Comments (15) • Link to news article



The signups for closed beta of Need for Speed World, the upcoming racing MMO are now open! Head on to this page and apply!

Along with the signups for the beta, EA also launched the official World Online website with new developer interviews. Exceptionally cool is the part 3 of All the world's a stage by World's art director Eduardo Agostini. There's also a new video interview featuring Dave Elton, a senior designer on Need for Speed World.

Another thing that happened is the name change: NFS World Online is no more, the official title is now Need for Speed World.

 Monday, 1. February 2010

Meeting the NFS World Online Team
by Bojan at 08:43 • Comment (0) • Link to news article

A new series of articles has recently started on the official NeedforSpeed.com website introducing the guys behind the upcoming Need for Speed World Online to the community. Posted last week is a video interview with the World Online's art director, Eduardo Agostini. Among other things he's responsible for environment art, you might remember him from the "All the World's a Stage" articles on the Developers blog on the official website.
INTRODUCING EDUARDO AGOSTINI, THE NFS WORLD ART DIRECTOR

Second video interview features World Online producer Marc De Vellis where he chats about his role on the World team, his impressive personal car collection, and his days as a racecar driver.
INTRODUCING MARC DE VELLIS, NFS WORLD PRODUCER

 Thursday, 26. November 2009

World Online: All The World's A Stage Part 2
by Bojan at 18:56 • Comments (3) • Link to news article

Need for Speed designer Eduardo Agostini continues his article series showing off the upcoming free MMO game Need for Speed World Online. He starts off showing a few pictures showing how World Online's world is progressing through development and then points out a few key features and answers some user questions. An article well worth reading which will give you an insight of what to expect with Need for Speed World Online.

NFS WORLD ONLINE: ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE: EPISODE 2

 Friday, 23. October 2009

First World Online Screenshots
by Bojan at 06:52 • Comments (20) • Link to news article

We have the first officially released Need for Speed World Online screenshots!


See them in our World Online screenshots section.

 Saturday, 17. October 2009

World Online Gameplay Video
by Bojan at 08:23 • Comments (19) • Link to news article

A user kzrprod posted a link to what is supposed to be the first Need for Speed World Online video in our forums.

 Monday, 16. March 2009

NFS World Online Interview
by Bojan at 14:26 • Comments (20) • Link to news article

A taiwanese fansite NFSPC did a interview with one of the game's producers.



For english subtitles, view the video on Youtube.

 Friday, 27. February 2009

World Online Interface Revealed
by Bojan at 06:53 • Comments (83) • Link to news article

A new post on the official Need for Speed blog reveals the interface for the upcoming MMO Need for Speed World Online.



Quote:

Key to the concept of NFS World Online is the user interface which has been built from the ground up to take advantage of the PC architecture. Instead of a traditional console view of a game, we’re using a user-selectable gadget interface designed specifically for the PC. The system allows the gamer to choose which components of the interface they want to add to their game. The gadgets are really flexible and offer a wide range of display options: docked/undocked, floating in the game window or just sitting outside of the game space. A lot of gamers now have more than one monitor so you could keep the game window entirely clean and then have all the gadgets sit in the other monitor. We think it’s about time PC gamers had games that allowed them to arrange their information their way.

 Wednesday, 25. February 2009

Need for Speed World Online Producer Interview
by Bojan at 07:06 • Comments (45) • Link to news article

There is a new interview with Need for Speed World Online producer Scott Henshaw up on the official website. Scott mentions a few things about game modes, region availability cops and more.
Those of you who noticed the world in the first screenshot looks a lot like Carbon's:

Quote:

We were impressed how quickly people noticed this when we released the screen; they clearly know our games well. It’s true that we’re using the city of Carbon (we’re actually merging it with the Most Wanted world too) but these games are two of the most popular and best loved games we’ve shipped, so we’re excited to bring our players back to those cities.


Read the whole interview here.

 Thursday, 19. February 2009

Need for Speed World Online Trailer
by Bojan at 20:45 • Comments (46) • Link to news article